Carter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[W]hen the state asserts a fact as existing in the record, the trial court cannot be faulted for assuming it is so when defense counsel is silent and the assertion remains unchallenged. Once the state has proffered a facially race-neutral reason, a defendant must place the court on notice that he or she contests the factual existence of the reason. Here, the error was easily correctable. Had defense counsel disputed the state's statement, the court would have been compelled to ascertain from the record if the state's assertion was true. Had the court determined that there was no factual basis for the challenge, the state's explanation no longer could have been considered a race-neutral explanation, and Juror Edmonds could not have been peremptorily excused. Because defense counsel failed to object to the prosecutor's explanation, the issue was not properly preserved for review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bowden v. State

2. “[t]he fact that a juror is having difficulty understanding the concept of reasonable doubt is, on its face, a race neutral reason for a peremptory challenge within the meaning of Melbourne v. State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 980 So. 2d 1102 - Doe v. State

3. “the effect was to hide the victim and defendant from the view of anyone who might enter the gym, thus making detection of the crime considerably more unlikely.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corner v. State